MISSOURI RUMORS & GOSSIP

BATON ROUGE, La. — Check another box for LSU baseball’s dazzling freshman pitcher Ma’Khail Hilliard.
Hilliard turned out another quality start in his SEC debut against No. 24 Missouri on Sunday, leading the Tigers to a 7-5 victory. With the win, No. 16 LSU clinched its first SEC series victory of 2018 and improved to 14-7 on the year, 2-1 in SEC play.
Missouri tested Hilliard from...

Danny Kanell didn’t let an opportunity pass to jab the SEC early Saturday morning.
On Friday night, Florida State beat Missouri 67-54 in the NCAA Tournament, ending the Tigers’ season. The Seminoles enjoyed a large cushion throughout much of the action in Nashville, building a 42-20 lead by halftime. With the loss, Missouri’s season ends with a 20-13 record.
Kanell, a former Florida...

Potential NBA draft lottery pick Michael Porter Jr. said after Missouri was ousted from the NCAA tournament in a first-round loss to Florida State that he wouldn't rush to make a decision regarding next season.

Michael Porter Jr.’s freshman season came to an end on Friday night when the Missouri Tigers lost to the Florida State Seminoles in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
Afterwards, Porter Jr. commented on his future, telling reporters post game that “I gotta do what’s best for me.” and that a decision on his NBA future wouldn’t be made for “a little while” according to the...

The health of Michael Porter Jr. was one of the biggest questions entering the NCAA Tournament. Now we have an answer about his status.Porter told the media on Thursday that he is at about 70 percent entering Friday’s game against Florida State. Porter injured his back in Missouri’s first game of the season and underwent surgery. He returned for the Tigers’ loss to Georgia in the...

The Missouri Tigers could have a nice boost for the SEC Tournament.Michael Porter Jr. announced in a statement Saturday that, while he would sit out the regular season finale against Arkansas, he hoped to play in the SEC Tournament after missing virtually the entire season to this point.“After two more practices since coming home from Nashville, the coaching staff and I feel that...

Missouri power forward Michael Porter Jr. has received full medical clearance to participate in basketball activities, a source tells Jon Rothstein of FanRag Sports.Porter, projected to be a top-10 pick in the 2018 draft, underwent back surgery in November that was expected to sideline him for the entire college season. While he has been cleared for full contract, it’s uncertain...

Two minutes into his freshman season, Michael Porter Jr. suffered a back injury that required surgery and threatened to keep him out all year. On Thursday, the dynamic forward got some tremendous news, however, which is that he’s been fully cleared for all basketball activities. This is obviously a huge boost for Missouri, which is currently 18-10 and in shape for a NCAA Tournament...

Michael Porter Jr is determined to make something of his one-and-done year.Addressing reporters on Friday, the star Missouri freshman, who has been sidelined since undergoing back surgery in November, spoke optimistically about playing again for the Tigers this season.“There’s a good chance,” said Porter, according to Jeff Goodman of ESPN. “I think doctors are going to be amazed...

After finding themselves needing to win two games to save their season Cuonzo Martin’s Tigers are now directly in the middle of the bubble when looking at the NCAA Tournament picture. With wins last week over Alabama and #21 Kentucky, the Tigers are now sitting at 7th in the SEC with a 15-8 overall record. This position could have been higher but Mississippi State also enjoyed a...

Every NCAA football game is unique. Unfortunately, what happens off-the-field is usually a lot of the same.Plenty of coaches told their teams to “ante-up” in 2017. Many student-athletes praised their Lord and Savior (or their parents) after four quarters. Lots of losing teams shot themselves in the foot, while others just didn’t execute. And a few (hundred) winners played harder...

The first half of college basketball season went by fast. That’s always the case — it’s easy for college hoops to go under the radar when college football season is hitting its peak — but if you’re just starting to pay attention, there’s you’ve missed a lot.Oklahoma’s Trae Young is now a destroyer of worlds. Arizona State is good. Arizona started slow, but it looks like the Wildcats...

In what has to be considered one of the best stories of the young college basketball season, Missouri head coach Cuonzo Martin headed to the locker room after his team’s hard-fought 82-81 win over Stephen F. Austin Tuesday night.That’s not the story here. Instead, it’s that Martin actually headed to the opponents' locker room to give their players a motivational speech following...

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